Revolutionary Era Lit Test
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- in 1770s there were no ____
- professional writers
- the writing of this age was
- policial and persuasive
- sheets of paper with anonymous songs, poems, essays that could be tacked around cities
- broadsides
- writers emphasized the role of reason or rational thought in human affairs
- Age of Reason or the Enlightenment
- the people viewed the universe as
- harmonious and carefully ordered where everyone plaued a mall role in the functioning of the whole
- believed in_______ of human beings
- perfection
- "we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, nor to tolerate any error so long as reason is left free to conbat it"
- thomas jefferson
- american revolution lasted:
- 1750-1800
- the english believed the coloines purpose was
- for the enrichment of the mother country
- french and indian war:
- 1754-1763
- after F and I war king george decided:
- colonies pay for debts from the war
- 1773
- tax on tea and boston tea party
- 1st continental congress
- met in philadelphia in 1774
- at first continetal congress:
- proposed their own government
- "now we must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately"
- Ben Franklin
- war lasted until
- 1781
- one of greatest orators of revolution; governnor of virginia
- patrick henry
- "if this be treason then make the most of it"
- patrick henry
- art of speaking and/or writing effectively
- rhetoric
- saying the same thing in a variety of ways
- restatement
- repeating same idea in same way
- repitition
- repeating grammatical structures
- parallelism
- educated self by reading
- ben franklin
- left boston at 17 and arrived penniless
- ben franklin
- established self as a printer and business leader
- ben franklin
- became wealthy and retired at age 42
- ben franklin
- devoted the time after retirement to science
- ben franklin
- joined adams and thomas jefferson to draft declaration of independence
- ben franklin